Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (277) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 12 of 277 Results →
Sort by

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web
  • 03 Jan 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

feels compelled to share every sordid moment of your life online, yet are also aware that most job recruiters check candidates’ social media channels during the hiring process? Then maybe you rely on apps like Snapchat and Instagram... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

Martha Lagace: What is missing in leadership models today? Michael Beer: Most formal leadership models do not incorporate institution-building in their definition of leadership. Leadership is thought of as a means for activating change, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

this is already happening. According to the National Science Foundation, in 1981 companies of less than 1,000 employees accounted for just over 4 percent of all R&D spending in the U.S., while companies of more than 25,000 View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

enough, Datar and Garvin distilled more bad news from their research. "There's an escalating drumbeat of concerns from alums, from students, and from customers—the companies that recruit MBAs," Garvin explained in an interview.... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?

one? Or that satisfied, loyal customers become more and more profitable over their lifetime as they purchase new products, updates on old ones, supplies, and services, all the while recruiting others to do the same? In fact, that customer... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

for “ruffling some feathers” in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company’s retail practice, she successfully grew their high-margin yet highly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2025
  • Case

A Tiger in the Tank: Exxon Sues Investors

By: Clayton S. Rose, Sarah Sasso and James Weber
In June 2024, investors were trying to make sense of ExxonMobil’s (Exxon) lawsuit against two impact investors, Arjuna Capital (Arjuna) and Follow This, that had just been dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas. Exxon’s suit challenged the rights of two... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Investment Activism; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Netherlands; Norway
Related
  • 08 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

was selected as the start point for two reasons: First, it was when the CEO of BigAC observed that less than 10 percent of the candidates for partnership were female—this after a decade of actively recruiting highly qualified women. And... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

significant relation between the ratio of CEO-to-mean employee compensation and performance. I next create empirical models that allow me to separate the components of CEO and employee compensation explained... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

have higher productivity than their counterparts from large cities. As a possible explanation of our results, we test for selection and find that employees hired from smaller towns outperform their large city counterparts in standardized... View Details
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

and two laboratory experiments in food service settings suggest that transparency that 1) allows customers to observe operational processes (process transparency) and 2) allows employees to observe customers (customer transparency) not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2024
  • Teaching Note

Skills-First Hiring at IBM

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta
Teaching note for “Skills-First Hiring at IBM,” case no. 422-013. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Human Capital; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Societal Protocols; Technology Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
Related
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

performance in organizations. Using a field experiment at a Japanese bank, we investigate the effects of valence (positive versus negative), type (direct versus indirect), and timing of feedback (one-shot versus persistent) on employee... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

with Azure, acquiring LinkedIn in social media and Activision/Blizzard in gaming, and investing in OpenAI to gain control of ChatGPT. Equally important, he transformed the Microsoft culture from an arrogant bureaucracy into an empowered organization focused on growth... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee handbook) includes 100% self-allocated time,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

U.S. areas where the two industries are not co-located. All three of Marshall's theories of agglomeration are supported, with input-output linkages particularly important. The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

firms-triggered a global initiative that eventually spanned more than 900 BCG teams in 30 countries across five continents. These teams confronted their nonstop workweeks and changed the way they worked, becoming more efficient and effective. The result? View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

sophisticated safeguards such as an independent ethics committee and a "whistle blower" system for employees concerned with the company's practices. In less than two decades, Sydney IVF grew from just four View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • October 2024
  • Supplement

Skills-First Hiring at IBM

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta
A video supplement to accompany "Skills-First Hiring at IBM" (case no. 422-013) View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Social Issues; Technology Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
Related

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web